"SHIT", he yells as he slams on the wooden deck. The men in the crows nest look down to see the ruckus.
"Oye lad are you alright?" The man up high yells down. The protagonist rolls over with wide eyes and a loud mouth.
"ICEBERG!!!" The protagonist yells.
"What?" The men reply confused and discomforted. The protagonist points ahead of the ship. The men of the nest watch this and follow his finger with their eyes, spotting the iceberg at the moment they were meant to. They ring the sounding bell and telephone the bridge.
The first officer runs over to the telephone to hear the men in the nest say "Iceberg right ahead!"
"HARD TO STARBOARD!!!" Yells the officer.
Jacob hears the bell, alert and confused, "Oh shit", he mumbles before he runs over to the bridge. Before he gets there the man on post is already turning the wheel hard left. Jacob is shocked, and looks out to the protagonist who is running toward him. They meet up seconds later in the background of the chaos ensuing at the wheel.
In the bowels of the ship. The men in the engines run to reverse the engines. The turbines come to a halt, and slowly begin to tumble the other direction. The rudder on the stern of the ship creeks to the left, turning the water. A shift is felt throughout the ship as the vessel so quickly changes its course.
"What the hell happened?!" Jacob demands.
"We missed it, I fell and we missed it..."
"What the hell do we do now?"
The ship rocks, the berg strikes the hull and cuts deep into the bowel of the vessel. The ship almost misses the berg on the left side, just like it always had. The deck shakes and causes the men to stagger. Water pours into the hull of the ship. The men in the furnace room run to the stairs as the watertight doors close. Water flies in their faces as gravity pulls the weight of water down on them.
"Damage is already done...we blew it..." The protagonist exclaims, "We have to get the hell out of here now!" They quickly walk into the cabins of the ship bumping into passengers.
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AUTOGENOUS
Science FictionWhen a time traveling crew test their limits, the protagonist faces his past, discovering aspects of his life he never would have predicted true. I hope you enjoy Autogenous This short book comes with YouTube links that add a soundtrack to the readi...
